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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 645199" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>I have to wonder now, looking at the performances of some of the teams in this year's edition of Super Rugby, whether expanding the competition is the wisest thing to do. </p><p></p><p>As it was for the first two years of Super 15, the New Zealand Conference is the toughest with the best performers. The stats do not lie</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Total table points differences</strong></p><p>New Zealand + 179</p><p>Australia -35</p><p>South Africa -144</p><p></p><p><strong>Wins v Losses</strong></p><p>Only one South African team has won more than half its matches - Sharks</p><p>Only one New Zealand team last lost more than half its matches - Blues</p><p></p><p><strong>Individual Points differences</strong></p><p>Three South African teams have minus points differences, two of them over 100 points down</p><p>Two Australian teams have minus points differences, one of them over 100 points down</p><p>One New Zealand team has a minus points difference, and it is on -4</p><p></p><p><strong>Bonus points</strong></p><p>New Zealand 34 (21 4T / 13 CL)</p><p>Australia 25 (14 4T / 11 CL]</p><p>South Africa 23 (10 4T / 13 CL)</p><p></p><p>How can SARU justify a 6th team when two of the existing five teams are performing so poorly? Second to fifth on the South African log all fall between 4th and last on the NZ Log. Surely, this will just dilute the existing talent, making all teams weaker, and the crazy proposed quota system will ensure that this weakening will spread among all of the teams. </p><p></p><p>I'm not "having a go" at the South African teams here, I'm just calling what the stats tell me; its not a pretty picture. Based on what I am seeing so far, expansion is the last thing we should be thinking about doing, and if I was the major money backer for Super Rugby, I would have having serious second thoughts about the quality of the product I was paying for.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 645199, member: 20605"] I have to wonder now, looking at the performances of some of the teams in this year's edition of Super Rugby, whether expanding the competition is the wisest thing to do. As it was for the first two years of Super 15, the New Zealand Conference is the toughest with the best performers. The stats do not lie [B] Total table points differences[/B] New Zealand + 179 Australia -35 South Africa -144 [B]Wins v Losses[/B] Only one South African team has won more than half its matches - Sharks Only one New Zealand team last lost more than half its matches - Blues [B]Individual Points differences[/B] Three South African teams have minus points differences, two of them over 100 points down Two Australian teams have minus points differences, one of them over 100 points down One New Zealand team has a minus points difference, and it is on -4 [B]Bonus points[/B] New Zealand 34 (21 4T / 13 CL) Australia 25 (14 4T / 11 CL] South Africa 23 (10 4T / 13 CL) How can SARU justify a 6th team when two of the existing five teams are performing so poorly? Second to fifth on the South African log all fall between 4th and last on the NZ Log. Surely, this will just dilute the existing talent, making all teams weaker, and the crazy proposed quota system will ensure that this weakening will spread among all of the teams. I'm not "having a go" at the South African teams here, I'm just calling what the stats tell me; its not a pretty picture. Based on what I am seeing so far, expansion is the last thing we should be thinking about doing, and if I was the major money backer for Super Rugby, I would have having serious second thoughts about the quality of the product I was paying for. [/QUOTE]
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